Interview re D.B. Cooper knowledge and consensual DNA swabs, Santa Rosa

Interviewed 6 January 2004Dictated 12 January 2004Transcribed 10 February 2004

Part 77pages 224–2252 pagesDB Cooper-33573, DB Cooper-33575

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Document: FD-302 interview re D.B. Cooper knowledge and consensual DNA swabs, Santa Rosa
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 77 pp. 224–225 (DB Cooper-33573, DB Cooper-33575), FD-302 interview, interviewed 6 Jan 2004, serial SE 164-81-DNA (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-77%3A224-225

FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 02/10/2004

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[REDACTED], date of birth [REDACTED] residing at [REDACTED] Santa Rosa, California, telephone number [REDACTED], was advised of the official identities of the interviewing agents and the purpose of the interview. [REDACTED] voluntarily provided the following information:

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In [REDACTED] was [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] provided copies of birth certificates [REDACTED]

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Investigation on 01/06/2004 at Santa Rosa, California

File # SE 164A-81-[guess: DATA]-17 Date dictated 01/12/2004 SA [REDACTED] by SA [REDACTED]

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-33573

FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95)

SE 164A-81-DNA

Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 01/06/2004 , Page 3

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[REDACTED] is very familiar with the D. B. COOPER case. In fact, he had recently read an article in the November 2003 issue of Parachutist magazine that outlined in great detail the events that unfolded in November 1971. [REDACTED] was not surprised that the FBI wanted to speak with him.

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[REDACTED] theorized that D. B. COOPER was not a skydiver, that he had probably made a few static line jumps. [REDACTED] said D. B. COOPER left behind the skydiver rig, while taking with him the emergency chute used by pilots in trouble, and the dummy chute. [REDACTED] criticized COOPER's attire and the weather. [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] and it is [REDACTED] opinion that D. B. COOPER could not have survived those conditions.

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[REDACTED] added that [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] voluntarily provided DNA swabs for this case. He informed the interviewing agents that [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-33575

Serials: SE 164-81-DNA